Global Journal of Health Science; Vol. 11, No. 11; 2019 ISSN 1916-9736 E-ISSN 1916-9744 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education The Effect of Accessibility on Performance of Maternal and Child Health Policy Implementation in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia Tat Florentianus1 & Bait M. Maria2 1 Nursing Department of Poltekkes Kemenkes Kupang, Liliba, Kupang, Indonesia 2 S.K Lerik Hospital of Kupang, Liliba, Kupang, Indonesia Correspondence: Florentianus Tat, Jurusan Keperawatan Poltekkes Kemenkes Kupang, Jl. Piet A. Tallo, Liliba-Kupang, Indonesia. Tel: 62-81-353-010-401. E-mail:
[email protected] Received: July 29, 2019 Accepted: September 18, 2019 Online Published: September 30, 2019 doi:10.5539/gjhs.v11n11p180 URL: https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v11n11p180 Abstract Background: The fact shows that the performance of health service policy implementation from the output aspect (out put) and the outcome (out comes) policy has not been in line with expectations. This condition will also have a direct influence on the Human Development Index in East Nusa Tenggara Province, where the position of East Nusa Tenggara is still in the order of 32 out of 34 provinces in Indonesia, which ranges from 68.77. The main purpose of this study was to identify the health service accessibility in East Nusa Tenggara. Furthermore, this study also intended to find out the performance of policy implementation and was to identify the effect of accessibility of health sevices on the performance of policy implementation on mothers and children in East Nusa Tenggara. Subject and Method: This research is a quantitative study, conducted in 11 districts, 104 community healths services, and has 235 health workers as respondents in East Nusa Tenggara Province of Indonesia.